“For the rest of my days – because I should have died and he should have lived – I have to help people that are suffering and I don’t even know if this makes sense to somebody listening.” Over the past 5 years running #impact we have come across the most courageous people. The changemakers, the visionaries, the misfits challenging the rules of the game, proofing the naysayers wrong, speaking up, and challenging the status quo for the change they want to see in the world. This episode is no different. But this episode is one that has been 7 years in the making. When #impact host Regina first arrived in Hong Kong in 2004 she saw a woman speak at an event. Her story moved her greatly and when she bumped into this woman 7 years later, she knew she would have to bring her on the podcast. Improving the lives of ethnic minoritiesby reducing suffering and providing opportunities (The Zubin Foundations’ Vision) Today you hear a story of pain and courage. You hear how Shalini Mahtani founded the Zubin Foundation, named after her firstborn child Zubin, who died in 2009. He was 3 and the love of her life.  This episode is a celebration of love.  It is about the enormous privilege and pain of having children and how this relates to the work Shalini does. Shalini’s reflections on equality and social justice will make you pause. You might just look at your own path and privileges differently.  The Zubin Foundation – Improving lives of Ethnic Minorities Photo Credit: https://www.facebook.com/zubinfoundation/ The Zubin Foundation is a think tank and charity that works to improve the lives of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities by reducing suffering and providing opportunities. Like so many organisations, The Zubin Foundation had to pivot during covid, and you hear about the changes they made in this episode too.  Listen to our story about how 3  local charities pivoted during Covid. As you listen to this episode you find out how Shalini broke out of the life path that her conservative Indian Hong Kong family had envisioned for her, putting marriage front and center and how a trip to India when Shalini was 13 changed everything.  “She gave me words that haven’t been part of my vocabulary. These were things that weren’t just happening to me and they were actually wrong.”  A teacher made a massive impact on how she looked at the world and it was then that Shalini felt that she wanted to do something about the social injustice that she had seen in her own life and for others.  With the Zubin Foundation she is working towards numerous Sustainable Development Goals.   “We help because we can”  A motto Shalini Mahtani lives by.  SDG 3 focuses on Health and Well Being, SDG 10 on Reduced Inequalities. These goals inspire the work of the Zubin Foundation and the systemic change t...